After demonizing Jews and Israelis, including citing Islamic sources that depict Jews negatively, and culminating with ongoing lies and libelsthat portray Jews as an immediate threat to Palestinian life and existence, the Palestinian Authority foment violence against Jews and Israelis, presenting it as legitimate and even heroic self-defense.

PA terror promotion takes many forms. Nationalistically, the PA actively elevates violence as a valid and heroic means to achieve political goals, while religiously, fighting and killing Jews has been presented repeatedly by PA religious and academic leaders as Allah’s will. On the social level, Palestinian leaders and society honor even the most loathsome of murderers portraying them as heroes and role models: Dalal Mughrabi, who led a bus hijacking in which 37 were killed, has schools, summer camps, and many other events and places baring her name to immortalize and glorify her and her terror attack.

The success of the PA’s promotion of violence is readily evident: A majority of Palestinians support killing and suicide terror against civilian Jews and Israelis. A poll conducted after the murder of eight teenagers who were studying in a Jerusalem high school in 2008, found that 84% of Palestinians supported the murder [NY Times, March 19, 2008, citing the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research].

This violent image of a dagger being thrust into the Star of David has appeared hundreds of times in a video clip for children on PA TV, from 2001 – 2008.

Palestinian society’s habitual glorification of terrorists as heroes and role models is one of its most effective means of promoting terror. In honoring the worst killers, the PA is simultaneously giving approval to murder and enticing future terrorists with assurances of glory and honor if they succeed in killing. Terror and murder become the Palestinian’s ticket to fame, honor and glory.

The terrorists honored most highly amongst Palestinian society are those who have killed the greatest number. Abd Al-Baset Udeh, killer of 30 at the Passover Seder massacre, had a soccer tournament for 14-year-olds named for him. His brother was honored with distributing the trophies. Dalal Mughrabi, terrorist bus hijacker (led the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history in 1978, when she and other terrorists killed 37 civilians, 12 of them children) has had summer camps, schools, graduation ceremonies and sporting events named for her, as well as many TV documentaries honoring her. Palestinian newspapers also frequently glorify Mughrabi, as in the Al-Ayyam article which described Mughrabi as writing "the most glorious page of heroism in the history of the Palestinian struggle. [Aug. 2, 2009]. Thaer Hammad, who as a lone gunman murdered 10 Israelis in 2002, was glorified by the official PA daily as “the hero of the Intifada."

This adulation of the worst terrorists and praise for their heroism reflects the policy of the leadership of the Palestinian Authority. This video shows PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas,

Official PA TV reporter: "Good morning to our heroic prisoners, good morning to all of the mothers – the mothers of the Martyrs, the wounded, and the prisoners, the Palestinian mothers who have sacrificed their lives and serenity for the homeland and their sons. I’m in the Al-Amari refugee camp, and more precisely with the woman we are all proud of. A woman who is an example of giving and sacrifice, the Khansa of Palestine, the oak tree of Palestine, the mother of the Martyr and prisoners, Um Nasser Abu Hmeid..." Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam: "Good morning to you and to all of the viewers, a morning of pride, a morning of greatness, a morning of prisoners, a morning of Martyrs. We are always with this fighter, from whom we draw our determination and our strength. Allah willing she will always remain upright and a symbol of the Palestinian woman who is very generous..." Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam: "If the Abu Hmeid home is sealed or destroyed, every [other] Palestinian home will take pride and honor in having this fighting woman live in it. All of our homes are her home... " Official PA TV host: "Um Nasser Abu Hmeid is indeed a legend thanks to this defiance and resolve, and therefore she has been nicknamed the Khansa of Palestine. She is a role model for every Palestinian woman."Click to view videoClick to view bulletin
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Headline: “Fatah: Hijazi, Al-Zir, and Jamjoum are an example for the people that does not kneel”
“On the 88th anniversary of the execution of the three heroes Muhammad Jamjoum, Ataa Al-Zir, and Fuad Hijazi (i.e., they murdered Jews in the 1929 Hebron Massacre and accompanying riots) by the British occupation forces in Acre, the Fatah Movement said that they are heroes who rejected humiliation. It added that they defended the Arab identity of Palestine, and specifically of Jerusalem and the Islamic Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount), and they resisted the Judaization, the taking control, and the attempts to forge history.
Fatah Movement Revolutionary Council member and Official [Fatah] Spokesman Osama Al-Qawasmi emphasized that these three heroes were and will remain a symbol of pride, honor, and greatness, and will remain an example for the Palestinian people that only kneels before the One and Only [Allah].”
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Images and text posted on the Facebook page of Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner for Arab and China Relations Abbas Zaki

The images show Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner for Arab and China Relations Abbas Zaki sitting with Um Nasser Abu Hmeid, the mother of four terrorist prisoners serving life sentences, a terrorist who murdered an Israeli soldier and is pending trial, and a dead terrorist. One of the images shows Abu Hmeid visiting her four sons who are serving life sentences; they are wearing prison clothes.

Posted text: “Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki and his wife visited the Khansa of Palestine, mother of the heroic Martyrs and prisoners Um Nasser Abu Hmeid (i.e., mother of 6 terrorists), at her home in the Al-Amari refugee camp. [Zaki] blessed her for Eid Al-Fitr (Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan), and praised this mother… who paid the price of the homeland with the sacrifices her heroic sons made from a young age. The occupation destroyed their house five times, and several days ago announced the destruction [of the house again] after the arrest of her son Islam, who the occupation authorities accuse of killing Israeli soldier [Ronen Lubarsky] from the Duvdevan [special forces] unit during the invasion of the refugee camp not long ago… Zaki said that this mother is a crown on all of our heads, and that she is an example of the Palestinian mother, before whose willpower and determination we bow.”Click to view bulletin
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Official PA TV program Giants of Endurance, visit to the family of terrorist prisoner Muhammad Aql
Mother of terrorist prisoner Muhammad Aql: “Our hope is that Allah will release them from prison. These are heroes we raise our heads thanks to them...” Father of terrorist prisoner Muhammad Aql: “Praise Allah, he is imprisoned for an action that honors us, and not for anything else.” Click to view videoClick to view bulletin

On Oct. 12, 2000, a Palestinian mob brutally murdered and mutilated the bodies of two Israeli reserve soldiers, Vadim Nurzhitz and Yossi Avrahami, who had accidentally entered Ramallah.

Official PA TV host of Giants of Endurance: "I’m with the family of heroic prisoner Habbes Bayyoud who was sentenced to life (i.e., 2 life sentences) within the occupation's prisons… We are now at the home of heroic prisoner Muhammad Nawarah who is serving a life sentence, may Allah release him…"Sister of terrorist Muhammad Nawarah: "Muhammad is a handsome guy and makes one proud. I am proud that I have a brother like Muhammad… Thanks to him, we raise our heads and feel proud…"
Host: "We have now arrived at the house of heroic prisoner Jawad Abu Qara, who is also serving a life sentence (sic., 25 years). We wish him and all of our prisoners full freedom."Click to view videoClick to view bulletin
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A number of portraits drawn by Boulis are shown, including portraits of the following people: terrorist Dalal Mughrabi who led the murder of 37, 12 of them children; Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf), head of the Black September terror organization; George Habash, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization; Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir), head of the PLO terror organization’s military wing who was responsible for the murder of 125; Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Hamas terror organization; Yahya Ayyash, the first Hamas bomb-maker; Wadi’ Haddad, PFLP terrorist responsible for a number of airplane hijackings; murderers Atta Al-Zir, Fuad Hijazi, and Muhammad Jamjoum from the 1929 Hebron Massacre and accompanying riots; senior Fatah leader Majed Abu Sharar; senior Fatah commander Saad Sayel; and former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat.

Headline: “Ghannam placed wreaths of flowers on the Martyrs’ graves”
“Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam, and alongside her the district security authority, placed wreaths of flowers on the Martyrs’ (Shahids’) graves on the morning of the [Eid Al-Fitr] holiday (i.e., “Sacrifice Feast,” Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan) [June 15, 2018]. Ghannam emphasized that their blood will remain entrusted to all the free people in the world until the liberation, and delivered greetings of pride and appreciation to our heroic prisoners, our glorious female prisoners, and their families that spend the days of the holiday with the pain of their loved ones’ absence… She also noted most of our people and our families welcome the holidays with tears due to the absence of their children, who are denied the most basic human rights in the cellars of the thieving prison guard or scent the land with the fragrance of their blood that is spilled for an epic of struggle whose name is Palestine.”

Headline: “The Jericho district governor placed a wreath of flowers on behalf of [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas] on the Memorial Monument to the Martyrs of Palestine”
“Jericho and Jordan Valley [District] Governor and Fatah Movement Revolutionary Council Secretary Majed Al-Fatiani placed a wreath of flowers on the Memorial Monument to the Martyrs (Shahids) of Palestine in the Jericho and Jordan Valley district, in Independence Park in the Ein Al-Sultan refugee camp, at the northern entrance to Jericho… Imam of the Muqata’a (i.e., the PA headquarters) Mosque [in the Jericho district] Sheikh Ziyad Al-Sheikh enumerated the virtues of the Martyrs of Palestine who have watered the land of Palestine with their blood, and prime among them [former PLO and PA Chairman] Martyr Yasser Arafat, and called for unity and cohesion.”

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YouTube channel of the office of the Supreme Shari’ah Judge, June 15, 2018

YouTube channel of the office of the Supreme Shari’ah Judge, excerpt of sermon by Supreme Shari’ah Judge, Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice Mahmoud Al-Habbash at the mosque in the PA headquarters in Ramallah for Eid Al-Fitr - a Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan; in audience: PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, and Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki

Supreme Shari’ah Judge, Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “O Palestinian people, you will rejoice with the greatest joy, by the power of Allah, Master of the Universe. We will rejoice in Jerusalem, in our Al-Aqsa Mosque that is liberated, Allah willing; we will rejoice in our state that will be established on all of our land; we will rejoice in the return of the refugees to their homes; we will rejoice when the blood of the Martyrs (Shahids) we remember today bears fruit - and we will say to them: Your blood was not spilled in vain. We will rejoice in the suffering of the prisoners, in the result of the suffering of the prisoners, who suffered so we would rejoice. These are the great ones, to whom we send blessings today; they are worthy of blessings for their manliness, for their stability, for their victory, them and their people, over the jailor…"
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Images and text posted on the Facebook page of the Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch

Posted text: “The preparations of the Fatah Movement’s Bethlehem branch ahead of the visits to the families of the prisoners serving life sentences during Eid Al-Fitr (i.e.m Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan).”

The images show wrapped gift packages for the families of the prisoners. The packages contain a card with pictures of former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat and current PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, as well as the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel as “Palestine” together with the PA areas.

Text on card: “Because you are the true heroes,
Relatives of the prisoners serving life sentences,
The generals of endurance,
From Fatah and its men, from the [Fatah university committee] Sisters of Dalal, and from the [Fatah] Shabiba [Student Movement],
We wish you a happy holiday,
Freedom awaits us
And Jerusalem is our eternal capital
Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch”

“The occupation parliament (Israeli Parliament) [parentheses in source] Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday [June 11, 2018] approved a bill to deduct the money that the PA pays to the Martyrs’ (Shahids’) families and to the prisoners (i.e., from the taxes Israel collects for the PA, see note below –Ed.)…
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi condemned the Israeli approval. She said: ‘The organized and deliberate theft of the Palestinian people’s money reflects the occupation state’s method, which is based on defining the resistance as a crime and imposing collective punishments on the Palestinian people. These steps contradict international humanitarian law, and constitute additional proof that Israel is going too far in punishing all those who refuse its occupation and resist its steps.’ …
The [PA] national unity government emphasized that there is no power in the world that is capable of obligating us to abandon our prisoners and our people’s heroic Martyrs. Official [PA] Government Spokesman Yusuf Al-Mahmoud said: ‘Our Palestinian people and its leadership are loyal like no other to our prisoners and our people’s Martyrs, who have sacrificed the years of their lives and their souls so that the members of our people would live and for their homeland’s freedom and independence.”Click to view bulletin
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Facebook page of District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam, June 11, 2018

Text and pictures posted on the Facebook page of District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam

The two pictures show Um Nasser Abu Hmeid, mother of four terrorist prisoners and one terrorist "Martyr," on the right holding a plaque of honor given to her by visiting released prisoners from the Balata refugee camp. To the left of her is District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam. The men in the picture are the released prisoners from the Balata refugee camp.

Posted Text: "[District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh] Dr. Laila Ghannam, and at her side a group of released prisoners from the Balata refugee camp, during their visit to the Palestinian Al-Khansa Um Nasser Abu Hmeid. [The meeting was held] in order to emphasize that the occupation, try as it will to break the will power of our prisoners' families, will not succeed in breaking their determination."Click to view bulletin

Official PA TV host: “We are talking about the Al-Makarim Charity Association’s campaigns in Ramallah. You are starting this campaign now, a campaign of food packages at a tent erected in El-Bireh Plaza in order to distribute them to needy families in Gaza.”Al-Makarim Charity Association Spokesman Abdallah Al-Arabid: “Yes, the truth is that the Al-Makarim Charity Association has a number of activities. Its most important activity in the past was renovating houses for the needy brothers, prisoners, or Martyrs (Shahids)- the destroyed houses - that the Israeli army destroyed their houses. Allah be praised, over 70 houses have been completed in this project. Every year in Ramadan the association also has a role in distributing food products to members of our people, regardless of where you turn- in all of the districts…”
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Official PA TV News, on an official meal breaking the Ramadan fast held by the PLO for ambassadors and consuls as well as prisoners’ families in Ramallah

Official PA TV newsreader: “[PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] Advisor on Foreign Affairs Nabil Shaath emphasized that the leadership considers the prisoners’ cause as having top priority and asked the international community to pressure Israel to release them. This was said during the [Ramadan] fast breaking meal that the [PLO] Department for Negotiation Affairs organized in cooperation with the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, and in the presence of ambassadors and consuls from throughout the world and prisoners’ families in Ramallah.”
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Official PA TV game show The Box, May 28, 2018:
Official PA TV host: "A thousand blessings always to the souls of our heroic Martyrs who water the land of Palestine with their blood every day, until the independent State of Palestine whose capital is Jerusalem arises. Whoever doesn't like it – let them bang their head against the iron of the Damascus Gate."

Official PA TV game show The Box, June 5, 2018: Official PA TV host: "A thousand blessings in honor of our heroic Martyrs who sacrificed their bodies and souls so that we will build a homeland worthy of this Martyrdom. All love, appreciation, and solidarity to their families behind them." Click to view videoClick to view bulletin

Official PA TV, new program Jerusalem Ramadan for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on various sites in Jerusalem’s Old City

Official PA TV host: “Of course there are many stores on this street, [Al-Wad Street,] and if we pay attention there is an intensive, constant, and daily presence of occupation soldiers and authorities here. If we go back to the central reason for this intensive presence of occupation soldiers and authorities, the reason is that on March 10, 2015, young Muhannad Halabi (i.e., terrorist, murdered 2) became a Martyr (Shahid) on this street, and several Martyrdom-seeking operations (i.e., terror attacks) by young people from Jerusalem took place here.”

Muhannad Halabi - 19-year-old Palestinian terrorist who murdered 2 Israelis, Rabbi Nehemiah Lavi and Aharon Bennett, and injured Bennett’s wife, Adele, and their 2-year-old son in a stabbing attack in the Old City of Jerusalem on Oct. 3, 2015. Following the attack, he was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. Prior to his attack, in a post to his private Facebook page, the terrorist referred to recent terror attacks as part of a "third Intifada,” and said that it was a response to Israel’s actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and that the Palestinian people would not “succumb to humiliation.” This is a reference to the PA libel that Israel is plotting to take over and destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to the PA's portrayal of Jews praying on the Temple Mount as "an invasion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque."

Images and text posted on the Facebook page of the Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at Birzeit University

Posted text: “Pictures from the distribution of greetings and pens to students today [May 30, 2018] at several of the examination halls
Good luck to our precious students
#[Fatah_]Shabiba_Student_Movement”

The images show the greeting cards distributed to the students. The cards feature the pictures of the following from left to right: Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Hamas terror organization; former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat; Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Abu Ali Mustafa; and Fathi Shaqaqi, founder of the Islamic Jihad terror organization. In the upper right corner is the l ogo of the Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at Birzeit University, which features a fist in the shape of the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel as “Palestine” together with the PA areas, and over it the text: “We will return.”
Text on cards: “‘[Moses] said, “My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance]; and ease for me my task; and untie the knot from my tongue; that they may understand my speech”’ [Quran, Sura 20:25-28, Sahih International translation]
In the name of Allah the Savior, nothing is easy other than that which You have eased, O Most Merciful”Click to view bulletin
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Headline: “Hamdallah: The rights of the Martyrs’ family members are protected under all conditions and despite all of the challenges”
“[PA] Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said: ‘We demand international unity that is as extensive as possible around His Honor [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas’ call to convene an international conference that will determine a multilateral international mechanism to sponsor the peace process…’ This was said during [Hamdallah's] speech at the feast breaking the fast for needy families of Martyrs (Shahids) and prisoners, which was organized by the Fatah Movement yesterday [May 25, 2018] in the town of Anabta, in the Tulkarem district… Hamdallah added: ‘I am honored today to meet with the families of the Martyrs of freedom and human dignity, each of whose name constitutes a symbol of uncompromising struggle for freedom and liberation. All of the glory to our righteous Martyrs; may Allah wrap their pure souls in His mercy. Allow me to thank the Fatah Movement in Anabta and the national institutions in it for organizing this feast breaking the Ramadan fast… The least we can do to honor our Martyrs is to show interest in their family members and unite around them. Regarding this, I emphasize before all of you that the rights of the Martyrs’ family members are protected under all conditions and regardless of the challenges. This is not under any circumstances charity.’”

Headline: “The Ramadan championship named for Martyrs Ziyad and Abd Al-Qader Al-Hawajri opened in Nuseirat”
“The Al-Hawajri Family Youth Association, together with the [Hamas] Movement Sports Committee in the Nuseirat refugee camp, launched the Loyalty to Martyrs (Shahids) Ziyad and Abd Al-Qader Al-Hawajri Football Championship (i.e., both members of terror organizations). The championship was held for the month of Ramadan at the Bilal Al-Turabi Mosque sports field, with the participation of 16 teams and in the presence of a large audience. In the opening match the Martyr Ahmed [Nasr] Jarrar Team (i.e., terrorist, led cell that murdered 1) faced off against its rival, the Martyr Wasim Abu Saif Team (PMW was unable to verify the circumstances of his death –Ed.). The match ended with the victory of the latter, with a score of 2-1. The Martyr Muhannad Halabi Team (i.e., terrorist, murdered 2) achieved a difficult victory over the Martyr Muhammad Al-Nawajha Team (PMW was unable to verify the circumstances of his death –Ed.) in a 2-0 penalty shootout after a 0-0 tie.”
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Headline: “The Martyr Abd Al-Jaber Abd Al-Qader Khaled Volleyball Championship for Teachers was held in the Qalqilya district”
“The Martyr Prisoner (sic.) Abd Al-Jaber Abd Al-Qader Khaled Volleyball Championship for Teachers (i.e., terrorist, died during attack attempt on Israeli army base) took place at the sport fields of the Abd Al-Rahim Omar High School for Boys and the Martyrs’ (Shahids’) Hall of the Jayyous Municipality, which is in the Qalqilya district. This was under the sponsorship of the Jayyous Municipality and the Fatah Movement, and under the supervision of the Jayyous Club… The championship took place as part of the sport activity program of the Qalqilya Directorate of Education and Higher Education (i.e., branch of the PA Ministry of Education)… Sport Activity Supervisor of the Qalqilya Directorate of Education and Higher Education Ahmed Khaled thanked all those who took part in the championship.”Click to view bulletin
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